拍照片

好照片是需要在心很静的时候才能拍出来的。

很久没有拍照了，每天看着眼前很多美景过去，知道自己的心情太浮躁了，即使拿起相机，也不能把握那宝贵的时刻。

这周要去给朋友拍毕业典礼，还要去中部度周末休息一下，之后就是热闹的奥运了，真希望自己的心境好起来，可以用相机留住这些美丽的时刻。

I am what I eat...& drink

16:00 Lunch at work22:00 Dinner at home. Colleagues worried about my health and body fat..
08:00 @ office: One of them gave me a Goose Egg to fat me up!
21:00 Dinner: Fried goose egg filled the whole wok!
11:00 @ starbucks!
Life is worth living, no matter what happened, what's to come.

又是关于爱情

今天午餐时同事们的话题如往常一样，无边无际，也无关痛痒。

讲到礼物，那位模范丈夫的男同事说，＇鲜花是我心目中最浪漫的礼物了！因为我认为花钱买鲜花是完全不值得的。既然这么浪费，那女人一定觉得浪漫。所以我时不时给我太太买束花，她就开心极了，而我心里其实宁愿买个CD什么的.'

旁边一位外婆级的同事想了想说，'你是不是觉得鲜花的生命太短了呢？所以不值得 .不过这就是我喜欢鲜花的原因，因为它是有生命的。之所以要凋谢，是因为它是鲜活的。而它造就了那个美丽的moment。＇

Wow，我暗想，我是那种给自己买花的人，可真没明白这么深刻的道理。

我问那位男同事，‘你喜欢烟花吗？' 他说，当然，不过他不会买贵的就是了。最好是在公园里看别人放烟花！

相信不论男女，我们都喜欢那些造就＇时刻moment' 的东西，也许是鲜花可以悦目几天，也许是游戏可以让我们忘我，也许是酒精可以消魂，也许是一段＇不被看好的眷与恋'，让我们恍若经历了什么。

他们造就那些美丽的时刻，而生命不就是那些时刻的合集吗？

感谢你......

we grow out of each other?

What to do when we grow out of each other? Should I ask you to move on, or should I change myself to fit you as a friend?

What to do when we (scaringly) grow out of a church or a group of people? Should we move on? Or should we ask the whole congregation to change??

I think we need to be very careful when we realise our difference, maybe we shall never say ' I grow out of you and you should change....'

one beautiful day

好久没来这里了，每次来散步都留下不同的回忆。这长椅是我在学生时就和朋友们来畅想的地方，大家如今都天各一方...今天天气很好，我竟然能在这里看到London Eye! 可惜没带我的Nikon。
镇上那个古老教堂后面有个小小花园，竟然从来没走过，今天经过，才知道原来叫做Justice Garden。很多小小的花苞已经长出来了，春天不会远了。


开车经过校园，看到这景，这人，心里似乎被触动一下，于是就在车里将那一刻记录下来。

回家途中，夕阳特别艳丽，于是绕进了那个经过上百次却从未进去过的路边小站，原来好几个人都在这里欣赏这一刻呢。

Packing for a long journey

整理行装一直以来是我的强项，每次旅行前都知道自己要带什么东西，没有犹豫。

这次，很难。

把自己的所有家当归类储藏，看到7年来生活的点滴，朋友们给我留下的纪念品，当年的贺卡，读过的书，甚至翻出多件买来后没有穿过的衣服，这是在整理自己的回忆呢。

心情，更难整理，不知要准备什么样的状态去面对生活的未知。其实，我也不知道前面要遇到什么。我想，我永远也准备不好。只有迈出脚步去面对。

朋友们是最理解我的，他们的鼓励让我感觉，自己离开一个家，可是无论我去哪里，这个家一直会在这里等我。相信有些友情也会淡去，想到这里就有些伤感。

有人说，人生旅途是一次乘火车的经历，总有旅客与我们相遇和错过，有些人可能与我们同行很长一段，有些只能是短暂的瞬间，可能这就是旅途的无奈与精彩吧。

faith journey

When we walk on the faith journey with God, we never know WHEN and WHERE those obstacles are . It is so well planned by God but we can't see the whole picture ourselves.

It is very scaring at times. I feel it now.

The most tricky ones are those we THOUGHT they're from God but later on realized they're NOT. Also, there are times that we THOUGHT we've learned how to walk through situations but then found that we are stuck in the same trap once again.

In time like this, I know that God draws us closer to His side.

Bible verse yesterday was Philipians 3:12. The commentary talked about spiritual exercises. It said,

Many of us have been blessed by receiving a measure of healing from God, either physical, emotional, spiritual or a mixture of all three. But have we responded to this by sitting and waiting for the next thing that God will do or have we put our will into line and worked through the results of the pain? Have we willingly re-trained ourselves and recognised the compensations we made in our own lives to protect ourselves from the pain? Are we actively choosing to push through into uncomfortable positions that are good for us and bring us the full healing?

Bible verse today was Romans 8:25----But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.

Full healing and freedom from pain---they seem good and impossible sometimes, but God said they do exist. I shall wait with hope and patience.

Easter Trip--鸭子vs天鹅

Nature is a sea of forms radically alike and even unique. A leaf, a sun-beam, a landscape, the ocean, make an analogous impression on the mind. What is common to them all, -- that perfectness and harmony, is beauty. ----R.W. Emerson

二字头的最后一天，我想要去河边喂鸭子，隐约记得从海边回到我们住的农场的路上有条河。于是我说服了Selina与我去探索一条不知道的路，找那在不知道何处的鸭子们。

经过一片田野，又一片田野，夕阳下，一切都那么美，又那么静。可以看到不远处的海与船，偶尔听到牛羊的声音。我们边走边聊天，觉得即使找不到鸭子，这散步的经历也已经足够美丽。

走过几道篱笆，突然，在我们面前出现了一个小小的湖，里面漂着两只美丽健康的白天鹅！我们惊叹得几乎要大叫，又怕惊吓到他们。他们选择了这么一个安静美丽的地方休息！被我们歪打误撞遇见了。


我在那一刻被一种爱感动了，我是一个受祝福的人。神一直在与我们同在，他知道我们期待美景，所以带领我们来到一个比我们所想的更美的境界。其实，让我自己梦想，可能也画不出这样的美景，而神，却造了，而且展现给我们欣赏享受！

我们在湖边静静的看两只天鹅游来游去，喂他们面包。夕阳照在他们白色的羽毛上，真的好美！

大作家Emerson说，美是上帝的字迹，一种路旁的圣体。美丽的脸孔，晴朗的天空，花的摇曳之美，都值得感谢上帝！

Be a signpost

Joyce said something really meaningful today. 'we should be like signposts for others to show them the way.' Yes, there is only ONE WAY--JESUS.

May God use me as a signpost to show His way.

Easter Trip--- 爱相随

I don't mind where to go but who to go with....人生旅行，因为有朋友，爱人相伴，所以才多了许多美好与安全感。

整个周末，天气无比的美好，阳光充足。周六清晨起床，空气略有点湿，抬头看到一轮美丽的彩虹正渐渐褪色。有人问，彩虹是什么呢？ 神与我们同在！！

与主同行，有爱相随。

Easter Trip----Bristol

旅行中充满了计划之外的惊喜，Selina说，‘我们人期待的东西是有限的，可是神所给的是无限的。’

返程的路上，我们去了Bristol。这美丽的城市在阳光中闪闪发光，帅气的Clifton Bridge 在风中略略摆动，市中心的小山上樱花也开了，还有，我第一次走到Bristol的河边，才发现这‘小小’河港原来有丰富的内容。这真是个浪漫有趣的城市。坐在阳光里喝一杯啤酒，看着不远处的山水和桥，体验另一种的惬意生活.......

Easter Trip--行路篇

背起行囊，继续行路。

复活节，我的生日旅行，和一群朋友一起去了Pembrokeshire的海边，在那里看到了太多的美景，惊喜，还有神的爱。我在神的创造面前无语。他真是个奇妙的设计师，让一切安静的，喧嚣的，在他的手中运作，让世人看到美。

1 海边行路

2 捕捉

3 云，光与海

4 Have a break, Have a drink!

5 无路可逃

6 西边，最西边的海岸



7 浪花在右，春花在左

爱上了这样的旅行，一群人或是安静，或是吵闹的走着，可以停下来看看风景，可以站在海边将心事吐露，或是单单与朋友一前一后的走着，什么也不用说，可是知道，我们一同在路上。

Creation vs Education

英国的春天特别美，漫山的花，加上淡淡的云雾，无论晴天或是雨天，都让人对生命充满希望。

今年春天的花，让我得到这样的启示---‘完美，来自于神的创造。每一朵小花，无论她多么渺小，都是完美的。千万种花，外貌性情味道各不同，可是她们都同样的完美。她们的花瓣也许不是那么对称，她们有的甚至没有香气，可是，她们每一朵都是完美的创作，都有其独一无二的地方。

我为造物主的奇妙大能而触动了。只有完美的神才能创造出这样完美的自然。

神，也同样创造了完美的我们---每个人。即使我们觉得每个人有这样那样不足之处，我们仍然是完美的创作。最近看到许多天才艺术家的表演，觉得他们小小年纪竟然内存着那样惊人的才能，为他们鼓掌的时候，我感谢那位造物主。当我在医院里看到一个个对生活失去希望，甚至理智的人，看到他们在自己的身体上划出的一道道伤痕，我真为他们可惜。他们是神的创造，本应是完美的。可是他们不知道，还故意的去破坏这完美。

只是这种精神有问题的人破坏了创造吗？还有。有些破坏，可能是我们存着‘好心’造成的。那就是我们所受的教育。

回头看自己从小到大的经历，大多时间都是在读书。以为，读书越多，人越完美。
信主之后，跟随主，每天认识他更多，也认识自己更多。发现原来，原本神在创造之初就将我放在他心上，他的大计划中。他造的是一个完美的我，我的里面有那么多独特的地方，是美的。只是我们的教育，文化，环境教我去不停改造，而非发掘。这是Education？亦或 Evalution？

感谢神，让路边的小花告诉我，我是是因爱而被造的完美作品，最大的智慧就是去发现，去欣赏神在我们每个人生命中的完美设计。

感恩。

爱，没有理由

Grace and Joyce, my lovely nieces. I loved you at the first sight when I saw you. 爱，没有理由。我们生来就是为了被爱，还有去爱。

I miss you two, although you're becoming naughty and chatty. I still love you.

Let's go for a walk..

Let's go for a walk in the woods..

To see the treasure, beauty and the perfect nature.

Journey continued.

Sunset

Lost in Wondering...

Every Picture Tells a Story. ---Did you hear the story of this season?

Piano Lessons

Catoonist: Elsa S.

I am encouraged by Elsa's drawing. Indeed, I am dreaming about me enjoying playing piano more in 10 years time. At the mean time, I am grateful for the learning journey. Sitting in front of the piano, I found that posture is very important for the sound effect, therefore, my back is getting straighter. Reading piano notes is a challenge for careless me. I often miss bits of information here or there and realise the big difference that a small mistake can bring.

PATIENCE is a virtue especially in learning piano. First time in my life, I found that long hour practicing isn't working here. I had to force myself to leave the keyboard after some time. My ears need rest in order to hear the notes more clearly. My mind needs rest time to time so that I can appreciate music more.

Give growth time. All will come, in its time.

Baking experience

After many failures, I am baking bread again!!

While I was kneading all the ingredients, I thought about Marriage.. The ideal marriage material (partners) must be someone we are safe with. We won't be harmed no matter how much we are kneaded into each other....

Also, the kneading material must be in tune with me, so that the merging and baking process will bring out good flavour. Otherwise, the painful eperience won't be productive...

BTW, my chief cartoonist Elsa created this happy image for me!! She is a genius!!